The Marlins are looking to cut payroll and two players who may become available are Dan Uggla and Jorge Cantu.Cantu is a 27 y/o power hitting right hander who plays 1B/3B and early in his career also spent time at 2B. In 2005 with the Rays as there full time 2B Cantu hit 28 homeruns with a 117 RBIs and a .286 BA. It was rumored that year that Omar was very interested in Cantu, but in 2006 when he hit just .249 with 14 HRs the Rays couldn't give him away. In 2007 he bounced between Toronto, Tampa and Cincy, only with the Reds was he able to find his stroke hitting .298 in 57 ABs. He seemed to find himself a home in Florida where he's averaged 20 HRs and a BA of .280. I think Cantu would be a very good option to platoon with Murphy at 1B, it's tricky trading with division rivals but Omar has been able to do so in the past... Dan Uggla is a 29 y/o right handed 2B who has averaged 30 HRs per season for the first four years of his career. His BA is only .257 and he plays horrible defense...
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